Reflections on my Cinderella weekend

Export to PDF | Export to DOCThis past weekend, Tim and I participated in a juried art festival called “Art on Main” held in downtown Hendersonville, NC. My painting “Sunflower Field” was the image that was chosen to promote the show this year. It was on everything — signs,  posters, bags… all of which I […]

Why is this painting called “Open”?

Export to PDF | Export to DOCThe painting shows several paths of water, all making their way to the ocean. It comes from different places, but it eventually all the water ends up flowing into the sea. That is how I see my life these days. I am not sure exactly what direction the path […]

Giving Thanks

Export to PDF | Export to DOC I wore my raincoat to work with a glad and thankful heart this morning. Words cannot even express how grateful I am for all the rain we have gotten this summer. For the last four summers living in SC, watering my plants has felt like a part-time job. […]

A painting called “Waiting”

Export to PDF | Export to DOCMy newest painting is now available! If you’d like to use it as your desktop calendar for this new month, just click on the image above to download it to your computer. To read the story behind this painting, click on this link to visit www.mariescottstudios.com

11 Shopping Days until Christmas…

Export to PDF | Export to DOCHOME COLOR’s Gift Idea #11: A Pair of Tin Trees! These interesting woven metal trees are $24 each. It appears they are made from strips cut from aluminum cans. I love the graphic element they add to a mantle or table. There are just two Tin Trees in the shop. […]

12 Shopping Days until Christmas… (the countdown begins)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCHOME COLOR’s Gift Idea #12: Festive Pillows! These baby soft hand-made pillows are $20 each. There are still four pillows left, so come in and feel how soft they are. I designed the graphics for each of these pillows, had that printed onto microsuede fabric and then used that to […]

Do over #2. (My new Christmas Mantle)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCWhy did I rearrange everything I had just put onto my mantle for Christmas at my shop last week? My desk faces the fireplace, and what I had originally done was just not working for me. I guess that is the artist in me. But so far, this new […]

Do over. (December Desktop Calendar #2)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCWhy did I create another desktop calendar for December? The first version had been tormenting me since Saturday. “REJOICE“ is actually an example of a painting that didn’t quite live up to my hopeful expectations. So for this month’s (SECOND) desktop calendar, I decided to use the original design […]

A Desktop Calendar for December… REJOICE

Export to PDF | Export to DOCEnjoy my most recent painting on your desktop this month! Just click on the image to download it to your computer. (To read the story behind the painting, click here to see my Marie Scott website.) To see this painting in person, hanging in the midst of my Christmas decor, […]

A Camellia Calendar for you… (happy new month!)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCAlthough the Camellias aren’t in bloom right now, this painting is a preview of what’s to come later this fall and winter –assuming you live in Zone 7 and are lucky enough to live near some kind-soul who planted a Camellia bush. To keep this ever-blooming-blossom on your desktop, […]